Dodo Payments

Dodo Payments Licenses API

The Licenses API from Dodo Payments — 3 operation(s) for licenses.

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Operations 3

POST /licenses/validate Validate a license key #

POST /licenses/activate Activate a license key #

POST /licenses/deactivate Deactivate a license key instance #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Dodo Payments Checkout Sessions Licenses API
  description: REST API for the Dodo Payments merchant-of-record (MoR) platform. Covers products, one-time payments, subscriptions, customers, checkout sessions, discounts, license keys, payouts, refunds, disputes, and webhooks. Dodo Payments acts as the seller of record and handles global sales tax, VAT, and GST calculation, collection, and remittance.
  termsOfService: https://dodopayments.com/legal/terms-of-service
  contact:
    name: Dodo Payments Support
    url: https://docs.dodopayments.com
    email: support@dodopayments.com
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://live.dodopayments.com
  description: Live mode
- url: https://test.dodopayments.com
  description: Test mode
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Licenses
paths:
  /licenses/validate:
    post:
      operationId: validateLicense
      tags:
      - Licenses
      summary: Validate a license key
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - license_key
              properties:
                license_key:
                  type: string
                license_key_instance_id:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: License validation result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  valid:
                    type: boolean
  /licenses/activate:
    post:
      operationId: activateLicense
      tags:
      - Licenses
      summary: Activate a license key
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - license_key
              - name
              properties:
                license_key:
                  type: string
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: Name for the license key instance.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created license key instance.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LicenseKeyInstance'
  /licenses/deactivate:
    post:
      operationId: deactivateLicense
      tags:
      - Licenses
      summary: Deactivate a license key instance
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - license_key
              - license_key_instance_id
              properties:
                license_key:
                  type: string
                license_key_instance_id:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The license key instance was deactivated.
components:
  schemas:
    LicenseKeyInstance:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        license_key_id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Authenticate with your Dodo Payments API key as a bearer token: `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`. Use a test-mode key against https://test.dodopayments.com and a live-mode key against https://live.dodopayments.com.'